Minor A All-Ireland Championship Semi Final

Kilkenny 0-16 Cork 0-11

By PRO Team

Kilkenny Minors secure their spot in the Minor A All-Ireland Final.

Kilkenny made the better start and put the pressure on from the throw in. Ona Kennedy dropped in a free which was batted out resulting in a 45, Ona wasn’t taking any second chances this time and pointed her first free of the game.  Points from Amy O’Shea and Emily Phelan followed.  Emily subjected to pulling and dragging was awarded a free in which Ona Kennedy pointed her second free of the game.  It was not till the 11th minute when Corks Lexi Manley pointed her first free of the game.  Kilkenny’s hard-working Shauna Mahony added a point to the scoreboard before Corks Lea Meillouin added their second point and last score of the first half in the 16th minute.  Unanswered points from Kilkenny’s Hollie Ryan (3), Ona Kennedy (2f), Amy O’Shea and Shauna Mahony left Kilkenny in a very good position at the half time whistle.

Half time score: Kilkenny 0-12 Cork 0-02

Corks Orla Troy tapped her first point over the bar followed by three frees in a row from Lexi Manley.  Kilkenny and Cork were back and forth with points from O. Kennedy (f), L. Manley, O. Kennedy (f), L. Manley (f) before Shauna Mahony added her third point. Lea Meillouin and Orla Troy added their second points before Lexi Manley added another point to her overall tally.  The last score of the game came from Kilkenny’s Ona Kennedy as she accurately pointed her seventh free.

Scorers:-

Kilkenny – Ona Kennedy 0-7(7f), Hollie Ryan, Shauna Mahony 0-3 each, Amy O’Shea 0-2, Emily Phelan 0-1.

Cork – Lexi Manley 0-7(5f), Lea Meillouin, Orla Troy 0-2 each

Teams:-

Kilkenny – Ella Walton, Hannah Tennyson, Erin Morrissey, Mairead Duggan, Ciara Hickey, Ona Kennedy, Chloe Teehan, Shannon Doheny, Eleanor Doheny, Aoife O’Grady, Shauna Mahony, Hollie Ryan, Emily Phelan (Joint Capt), Ruth Crowley, Amy O’Shea

Subs:- Ellen Treacy for Amy O’Shea, Sadhbh Shefflin for Shannon Doheny, Tara Cody for Ruth Crowley, Katie O’Shea for Aoife O’Grady, Orla Duggan, Ali Greaney, Sinead Jones, Aoibhinn Ryan, Leah O’Donovan (Joint Capt), Lucy Coomey, Emma Hogan, Lily Ryan, Oonagh Fitzgerald, Sinead Henderson, Niamh Drennan, Emily Cooney

Cork – Katie Crowley, Tara O’Neill, Ava Ashman, Sophie Donohue, Aoibhinn Halpin, Caoimhe O’Donnell, Millie Lombard, Orla Troy, Caoilinn Ryan, Clara Murphy, Lexi Manley, Lauren O’Connor, Cliona Harte, Lea Meillouin, Leah Hannigan

Subs:- Caoimhe Foley for Clara Murphy, Erin Healy for Lauren O’Connor, Ciara Hayes for Aoibhinn Halpin, Aoife Collins, Blaithin Cunniffe, Faye Ronan, Karen O’Sullivan, Sarah Galvin, Eimear Barrett, Eanna Duff, Ashling O’Brien, Rebecca Hannigan, Ciara Roche, Stephanie Dwyer, Gemma Classen.

Ref:- Ray Kelly

 

By PRO
Mon 20th Apr